CONNECTICUT
The Hartford Courant
By CHRISTINE DEMPSEY, cdempsey@courant.com The Hartford Courant
December 13, 2012
ENFIELD—
A town native accused of raping an acquaintance was arraigned Thursday in Superior Court.
William Baskerville, 53, appeared before Judge Howard Scheinblum, who bail at the $20,000 set by another judge. Baskerville is scheduled to return to court Jan. 3.
Suffield officers arrested Baskerville at his job at a Willimantic taxi company Wednesday and charged him with first-degree sexual assault and first-degree unlawful restraint, police said. He also has worked as a laborer for the town of Suffield, and he has said he was a reverend. It’s not clear if he has been preaching recently.
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